Fishing reel



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FISHING REEL Filed May 11, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR M ATTORNEY PatontodMay 12, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE y FISHING naar. George H. Duinond, Jersey City, N. J. Application Moy 11, 1940, serial No. 334,491 I (cl. 2425-845) 7 Claims.

This invention relates to fishing reels, more particularly those of the type used in fishing for tuna, marlin, and other large game sh, although not restricted thereto.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide a fishing reel which can be adjusted so as to allow the line to run out freely or under any desired degree of tension, the braking being automatic after the necessary adjustment has been made and operable only to retard line running out, the line drum being freely rotatable when turned in the direction necessary to wind the line up thereon,

According to the present invention the drum is mounted for rotation in either direction about a shaft capable of rotation in one direction only, that direction being the one in which line is wound up on the drum. A friction clutch, which can also serve as a brake, is provided between the drum and the shaft which can be set so as to be wholly out of engagement, to provide for free running of the drum in either direction, or so as to couple the two together until the pull on the line exceeds a predetermined amount when slippage occurs, to allow line t pay out when a fish makes a strike or a hard run.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fishing reel having simple, effective means for coupling and uncoupling the line drum from the operating handle.

Another object of the invention is to provide a.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same from the right-hand side;

Figure 3 is an end view of the same from theleft-hand side;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1; Figure 5 is a section on the line 5 5 of Figure 4;

Figure 6 is a section through theclutch handle on the line 6 6 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a disassembled view of the cam parts operated by the clutch and brake handle and associated parts;

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8 8 of Figure 1;

Figures 9, 10, and 11 are detail views -of the clutch and brake expanding means;

Figure 12 is a front view of the crank portion of the handle;

Figure 13 is a front view of the cover plate for the crank portion of the handle; and

' Figure 14 is a disassembled view of the means for locking the handle to one or other of th'e driving spindles of the fishing reel.

The shing reel comprises two end portions l5 and I6 connected together at one side by a frame I1 which serves not only to unite and hold the ends inv proper spaced relation but also to act as a handle by which the reel can be carried. The end portions are connected at the other side by a frame I8 which carries a reel seat I9 by which the reel may be secured to the rod, in well-known manner.

Two spring-pressed pawls are provided for preventing the shaft 30 turning in the direction in which. the drum turns when line is running' out. The drum and shaft are designed so as to be frictionally coupled together, as will be described later. l

Journalled in these end portions by means of ball bearings 22 and 23 is a rotatable member of complex structure, the basic parts of which are shown in, Figures 9, 10, and 11. Around this rotatable member is the drum 24 on which the line is Wound. Ball-bearings 25 and 26 permit the drum to rotate freely in either direction wh'enever such rotatable member and drum are not frictionally coupled together.

The` rotatable member comprises a shaft having ends 3| and 32 on which are mounted the inner races for the ball bearings 22 and 23, Adjacent these 'ends are portions 33 and 34 formed with keyways for the purpose of non-rotatably securing gear 35, ratchet wheel 3B and gear 31 to the shaft 30. Nuts 42 and 43 hold these gear and ratchet wheels in position. Inside these keyed portions are bosses 38 and 39 on which are mounted the inner races for the ball bear ings 25 and 26. Connecting these bosses are two spaced rectangular bars 40, 4|, On either side of these bars are two brake shoes 48, 48 of segmental cross-section, and recessed alongtheir opposing faces to receive the edges of the bars 4D and 4I. To the outer faces of these shoes an asbestos brake lining 49 is xed. When the shoes are forced outwardly by means to be described later, their linings 49 contact with and frictionally grip the lining 21 of the drum 24.

After the desired amount of line has been run out, the shoes are brought into frictional en,

vrun out under a constant steady tension. l soon as the run of the fish has lost its intensity gagement with the drum with a pressure determined by the desired braking eiort on the line. For example, the frictional drag of the brake,-

shoes on the drum may be adjusted so that if the tensionA on the line, due to a shs striking or making a hard run, exceeds, say, 50 lbs., the drum will slip over the brake shoes permitting line to and the tension inthe line drops below 50 lbs., the rotation of the drum ceases and the fisherman can start winding in his nsh.

In the free-running adjustment of the reel, the shoes are held out of contact with the drum by two pairs of springs 41 resiliently connecting the shoes together at their ends. For forcing the shoes outwardly two rods 50 and 5| are mounted for axial movement within the ends of shaft 30. These rods are of somewhat larger diameter than the space between the bars 40 and have their opposing ends cut away along opposite sides to iit such space, as shown in Figures 4, 9 and 10. So constructed, they can slide axially with respect to the shaft but cannot turn therein.

To ensure equality of pressure between the brake-linings 49 and the lining 21 of the drum, various means may be employed. One simple method is to provide a series of pins 52, one end of each' of which rests in a recess 53 in one cr other of the rods 58, while the other-end of each pin rests in a recess 54 in one of the brake shoes 48, as shown in Figure 1. It will be evident that if the rod 5I is moved inwardly and the rod 50 is held stationary, the pins will force the brake shoes outwardly. The rod 50 is held in adjusted position by a threaded plug 51 engaging the interior of the end of the shaft 30.

This plug is prevented from vibrating and turning during the use of the reel by a spring 58 compressed against it by another threaded plug 59.

The mechanism for moving the rod 6| inwardly is shown more particularly in Figures 1 and '7. Mounted on the end of a clutch and brake handle 65 is a stub-shaft 66. That shaft is passed through a disk 61 having a spiral cam 68 formed on its inner face. The inner diameter of the cam is larger than the hole through the disk to receive one end of an oil-less bearing sleeve 69. When the parts described have been assembled, a hole is drilled through the projecting part of the shaft 66 and sleeve 69 for a pin 10. The next step is to slide over the end of the sleeve 69 an annular cam 15 having diametrically oppositely arranged key-ways 16 to receive the projecting ends of the pin (Figure 'shaft n. Likewise the end portion is has journalled therein a stub-shaft 84 carrying a gear 85 in mesh with the gear 86.

The shaft 38 may be turned by rotating any one of the three stub-shafts 80, 8|, and 84, the first two are for right-handed persons and the last for left-handed ones. At its outer end. each 1) and thereby cause the-cam 15 to turn with the'shaft 66. A cap 80 lits over the end of the cam 1'5, sleeve 69 and shaft 66 and bears centrally against the end of the rod 6|. 'Ihe periphery of the disk 61 is rigidly attached to the end portion |'6 of the reel by screws 11, so. that the cam 68 is stationary. By turning the shaft 66 by its handle 65 the cam 15 is rotated relatively to the cam 68 and, as a result, the cam 15, cap 80 and rod 5| are moved axially inwards to force the shoes 48 outwardly to grip the inner face of the sleeve 21.

The end portion I6 has journalled therein two stub-shafts 80 and 8|. The shaft 80 has mounted thereon a gear 82 of the same diameter as and in mesh with the gear 31. The shaft 8| carries a gear 83 larger than the gear 31 with which it is in mesh to multiply the rotation of the stub-shaft is formed with a flange 90, having a series of teeth 9| (Figure 2) on its'outer face for engagement with a similar series of teeth on the crank 92 by which the reel is operated. Centrally mounted on each stub-shaft is a boss 93 which ts into an aperture in the crank 92. This boss is provided with a peripheral groove 94 to receive the locking means by whichA the crank is detachably secured to the boss.

The construction of the crank is shown more particularly in Figures 1, 12, 13, and 14. It comprises a casting 95 having at one end an aperture 96 to receive one or other of the bosses 93 and, at the other end, a threaded hole 91 for the spindle 98 on which the handle 99 is mounted. Around the-aperture 96 is a laterally extending flange |02 having teeth |03 formed therein to mesh with the teeth 9|. A cover-plate |04 is secured to the casting 95 by screws |06. Between the casting and cover-plate are two locking members |01 rotatably mounted on pivot pins |08. One end |09 of each member |'01 is curved to iit the groove 94 in one or other of thestubshafts. The other ends ||0 of these members are apertured at |I| for the ends of a spring 2 which resiliently holds the ends H0 apart. If, however, the ends H0 are pressed together by the lingers, the other ends |09 will be separated sufiiciently to disengage them from the groove 94 and permit the crank to be slid off the boss 93. To permit such operation both the casting 95 and the cover plate |04 have cutaway parts along their sides. Normally the outer margins of the ends ||0 and those of the casting and cover plate on either side of such cutawa parts lie in the same straightline.

The spindle 98 has rotatably mounted thereon an externally threaded sleeve I6 having a hexagonal flange |`|9 at its inner end. After the sleeve has been slipped onto the spindle 98 the retaining screw ||1 is put in place to hold the sleeve in position. The handle 99 is then screwed onto the sleeve until it presses firmly against the flange ||6.

The handle 99 is elongated laterally with respect to the axis about which it turns, instead of longitudinally, as-is usually the case. With the form of construction shownl it is not necessary to turn the wrist to bring the back of the hand uppermost The natural position, and

hence the one best adapted for exerting power,

is with the thumb uppermost and the back of the hand vertical.

What I claim is:

1. A fishing reel for large salt-water game fish, comprising a fra-me having end portions and members rigidly connecting said portions together, a shaft and a drum rotatably mounted in said frame for independent coaxial rotation, la friction clutch inside the drum for connecting the shaft and drum when desired, a member for operating said clutch carried by the shaft .mounted for movement along its axis and means between the first cam and said member for both axial and rotative movement, and means for turning the second cam to move it and said member axially to bring the clutch into operation.

2. A fishing reel for large salt-water game sh, comprising a shaft, a handle for rotating the shaft, a drum mounted 4coarlxially with the shaft shaft, a drum mounted coaxially with the shaft for free rotation in either direction, a plurality of symmetrically arranged brake shoes non-rotatably, but radially and axially movably mounted on the shaft between the latter and the central portion of the drum, brake expanding means adjacent each end of the brake shoes and means operable independently of said handle for moving one of said means in the direction` of the axis of the shaft relativelyl to the other to force the brake shoes outwardly against the interior of the central portion' of the drum for connecting the shaft and drum when desired.

4. A shing reel for large salt-water game sh, comprising a shaft, a handle lfor rotating the shaft,'a drum mounted coaxia'ily'with the shaft for free rotation in either direction. a plurality of symmetricallyarranged brake shoes non-rotatably, but radially and axially movably mounted on the shaft between the latter .and the central portion of the drum, swingable thrust members adjacent each end of the brake shoes each having one end bearing against the shaft and the other end bearing against one of the brake shoes, and means operable independently of said handle 'for moving the shaft-bearing ends of one set of said members in the direction of the axis of the shaft relatively to the other to force the brake v ing the shaft in such direction, a drum mounted coaxlally with the shaft for free rotation in either direction, a friction clutch brake within the central part of said drum for connecting the shaft and drum whenvdesired, a clutch applying member carried by and slidable longitudinally with respect to the shaft, an abutment i'lxedly mounted onthe reel frame in line with the shaft, a cam between said abutment and the end of said clutch applying member to force the latter longitudinally of the shaft tol apply the clutch, and means for moving said `cam relatively to said abutment.

6. A fishing reel, for large salt-watergame sh, comprising a frame, a shaft mounted thereon for rotation in one direction only, a. handle for rotating the shaft in such direction, a drum mounted coaxlally with the shaft for free rotation in either direction, a friction clutch brake within the central part of said drum for connecting the shaft and drum when desired, a clutch applying member carried by and slidable longitudinally with respect to the shaft having a projecting end concentric with said shaft, an abutment-fixedly mounted on the reel frame in line with said shaft, a clutch controlling member rotatably and slidably mounted on said frame and having a part located between said end and said abutment, said end and abutment having coacting cam surfaces constructed so that by turning the clutch con-1 trolling member the latter is forced against said end to apply the clutch.

7. Afishing reel, for large salt-water game fish, comprising a frame, a shaft mounted thereon for rotation in` one direction only, a handle for rotating the shaft in such direction, a drum mounted coaxially with the shaft for free rotation in either direction, a friction clutch brake within the central part ofrsaidl drum for connecting the shaft and drum when desired, a clutch applying member carried by and f-slidable .longitudinally with respect to the shaft and having an axially mounted on the reel frame concentric with respect to said shaft adapted to engage said clutchadjusting member and force the latter against 'said end to apply the clutch -when said clutchadjusting member is turned, and means .for turning said last-mentioned member.

GEORGE H. DUMOND. 

